Judges 1:7

1:7 Adoni-Bezek said, “Seventy kings, with thumbs and big toes cut off, used to lick up ¹  food scraps ²  under my table. God has repaid me for what I did to them.” ³  They brought him to Jerusalem, ⁴  where he died.

Judges 8:14

8:14 He captured a young man from Succoth ⁵  and interrogated him. The young man wrote down for him the names of Succoth’s officials and city leaders – seventy-seven men in all. ⁶ 

Judges 9:2

9:2 “Tell ⁷  all the leaders of Shechem this: ‘Why would you want ⁸  to have seventy men, all Jerub-Baal’s sons, ruling over you, when you can have just one ruler? Recall that I am your own flesh and blood.’” ⁹ 

Judges 9:5

9:5 He went to his father’s home in Ophrah and murdered his half-brothers, ¹⁰  the seventy legitimate ¹¹  sons of Jerub-Baal, on one stone. Only Jotham, Jerub-Baal’s youngest son, escaped, ¹²  because he hid.

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¹ tn Elsewhere this verb usually carries the sense of “to gather; to pick up; to glean,” but “lick up” seems best here in light of the peculiar circumstances described by Adoni-Bezek.

² tn The words “food scraps” are not in the Hebrew text, but are implied.

³ tn Heb “Just as I did, so God has repaid me.” Note that the phrase “to them” has been supplied in the translation to clarify what is meant.

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⁵ tn Heb “from the men of Succoth.”

⁶ tn Heb “wrote down for him the officials of Succoth and its elders, seventy-seven men.”

⁷ tn Heb “Speak into the ears of.”

⁸ tn Heb “What good is it to you?”

⁹ tn Heb “your bone and your flesh.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “his brothers.”

¹¹ tn The word “legitimate” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarification.

¹² tn Heb “remained.”